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INTRODUCING: I.E.P.N!
IEPN is the International Electronic Postal Network. It is a
cooperative venture of various BBS systems and individual users
to redefine exactly what the term "Information Superhighway" is
going to mean. We hope to eventually make Electronic Mail as
simple to send and recieve as regular paper mail is now.
IEPN utilizes FTSC (FIDO-style) software technology for the
transport of mail and files and for addressing of individual
members. Thus, Echo (broadcast) mail, Net (single-recipient)
mail and File Echoes are supported, and compatible software is
very easily obtained.
One of the chief features of IEPN that distinguishes it from
other FTSC networks is that we actively encourage people who do
not run BBS systems to join. The software will work just fine
even without a BBS system behind it. This means that you can be
a part of the network, with your own unique mail address, without
huge expenditures of money and disk space, without adding an
additional phone line, and without a lot of boring script writing
and fooling around with robot terminals and QWK packets.
There are already a number of echoes going in IEPN, catering to a
variety of interests. Here is a list with a brief discussion of
each:
Area : !!!_ADMIN
Comment : IEPN Administration Information Echo
Mandatory echo in which users and members may make direct contact
with the administration. Used for question answering and problem
solving. Contents of echo are scanned constantly and important
or frequently asked questions are placed into FAQ files and
distributed.
Host: Sitting General Coordinator
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Area : !!!_ADV_BD
Comment : IEPN Advisory Board Meeting Echo - Read Only Open
Mandatory Echo wherein the meetings of the Advisory Board are
held electronically. Must be readable by ALL members, but only
members of the Advisory Board may post.
Host: Sitting AB Chairman
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Area : !!!_BBSLAW
Comment : IEPN BBS Legal Issues Echo
Optional Echo wherein various legal issues of importance to
sysops and to computer telecommunications are discussed.
Host Needed
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Area : !!!_BRIT_TV
Comment : IEPN British TV Programmes Echo
Optional Echo for information, discussion, and gossip regarding
all British TV programmes past and present. Includes Monty
Python, Dr. Who, Red Dwarf, et. al.
Host: Carleen Phillips
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Area : !!!_COMMERCE
Comment : IEPN Commercial For-Sale Echo
Optional Echo for Commercial Advertising.
Host: Chris Phillips
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Area : !!!_CONST
Comment : IEPN "Restore The Constitution" Echo
Optional Echo for those disgusted with the blatant disregard that
the government seems to have for the US Constitution.
Host: Chris Phillips
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Area : !!!_DSNINE
Comment : IEPN Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Echo
Optional Echo - Self Explanatory
Host: Carleen Phillips
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Area : !!!_FOR_SALE
Comment : IEPN Noncommercial For Sale Echo (Inter-Zone)
Optional Echo for non-commercial (classified) advertising.
Host: Chris Phillips
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Area : !!!_GENERAL_CHAT
Comment : IEPN InterZone General Chat Echo
Mandatory Echo for general chitchat not suited to another echo.
Host: Richard Devaney
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Area : !!!_GENFILES
Comment : IEPN General File Search Echo. This is where
announcements of new files available at member BBS systems will
be placed. Look here often if you are a fan of new shareware.
General File Echo: Optional
Host: Richard Devaney
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Area : !!!_MODMUSIC
Comment : IEPN *.MOD-format Music Echo & File Exchange
File Echo for .VOC, .WAV, .MOD, etc. Digital sound files.
Host: Chris Phillips
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Area : !!!_NODENEWS
Comment : IEPN Nodelist & Newsfile Echo & Announcement Echo
Mandatory: File Echo for IEPN files (Nodelist etc.)
Host: Chris Phillips
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Area : !!!_PGP
Comment : IEPN "Pretty Good Privacy" Support Echo
Optional Echo: Self Explanatory
Host: Richard Devaney
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Area : !!!_POINTS
Comment : IEPN Point Users Support Echo
Mandatory Echo: Support for non-BBS members.
Host Needed
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As you may have noticed, several of these echoes have
file echoes associated with them. Persons who recieve these
areas, along with the associated file echo, will recieve new
files that the host may from time to time "hatch" into the echo
automatically! Then you simply examine what is there and keep
what you want, deleting the rest.
At present, IEPN is still in an early growth stage. This means
that there is not as much echo mail traffic as would be found in
a more established net. However, that should not prevent
interested people from joining now. The net is growing by leaps
and bounds and, with a little luck, will soon achieve it's full
potential.
There is much more that could be said, but in the interests of
brevity I will refrain from doing it here. Obtain the file
IEPNPACK.EXE (Magic Name IEPN) from one of the following BBS
systems:
1:3602/20 Grid Epsilon BBS Birmingham, AL NA Zone Coordinator
1:105/43 Last Chance Systems Portland, OR NW US Regional Coord.
1:342/709 Le Reseau Francais Edmonton, AB Canada West. CAN Regional